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GREY, Harry, Lord Grey (1715-68).
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Dates
16 Feb. 1738 - 4 Nov. 1739
Family and Education
b. 18 June 1715, 1st surv. s. of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford, by Dorothy, da. of Sir Nathan Wrighte of Caldecote Hall, Warws., ld. keeper of the great seal; 1st cos. of George Wrighte. educ. Rugby 1722-6; Westminster 1726-31. m. 18 May 1736, Lady Mary Booth, da. and h. of George, 2nd Earl of Warrington, 3s. 2d. suc. fa. as 4th Earl of Stamford 16 Nov. 1739.
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Biography
Returned for Leicestershire as an opposition Whig at a by-election in 1738, Grey voted against the Government on the Spanish convention on 8 Mar. 1739, succeeding to the peerage eight months later. He died 30 May 1768.